14 Then Jeʹhu+ the son of Je·hoshʹa·phat the son of Nimʹshi conspired against Je·hoʹram.

Je·hoʹram had been on guard at Raʹmoth-gilʹe·ad,+ he with all Israel, because of King Hazʹa·el+ of Syria.

24 Jeʹhu took his bow in hand and shot Je·hoʹram between the shoulders, and the arrow came out at his heart, and he collapsed in his war chariot.

6 Then he wrote them a second letter, saying: “If you belong to me and are willing to obey me, bring the heads of the sons of your lord and come to me tomorrow at this time at Jezʹre·el.”

Now the 70 sons of the king were with the distinguished men of the city who were raising them. 7 As soon as the letter came to them, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered them, 70 men,+ and they put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezʹre·el.

23 Then Jeʹhu and Je·honʹa·dab+ the son of Reʹchab went into the house of Baʹal. He now said to the worshippers of Baʹal: “Search carefully and see that there are no worshippers of Jehovah here, only worshippers of Baʹal.”

25 As soon as he finished offering up the burnt offering, Jeʹhu said to the guards* and the adjutants: “Come in and strike them down! Do not let a single one escape!”+ So the guards and the adjutants struck them down with the sword and threw them out, and they kept going as far as the inner sanctuary* of the house of Baʹal.